Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-05-21
A LAY OF JAY.
RHYME and Reason-A Philosophical
Conclusion.

Boss Jay Gould, railroad president by
the gold gods he swore,
That IA housing Knight of Labor should
work for him no more;
BY all the gods he swore it, as he lit
cheap cigar;
And he told his faithful henchmen that,
in future ruthless war
Should be maintained with Powderly
and all his knightly class:
That they should quit his service, and
forever to a man;
Usurping rascas! socialists low contu-
maCious hounds.
Anarchc striking banditti complaining
without grounds!
SAID he, I'll teach the upstart crowd they
cannot rule this COON
I'm down on all such vaporings, and that
they'll know right soon,
What, interfere with my affairs by sub
stituting rules
Dictated by committees sent by sloucles,
knaycs and fools,
1i'dde drbitrdi0rs they are called, and
hail from Gotham town;
The nsolent intriguing crowd at once
must be put down.
Ho! tell the Governor to send a thousand
sojer plugs,
And telegraph to Pinkerton for full four
hundred thugs;
These strikers must be made to know
that they have got to deal
With one who knows a thing or two be-
sides the way to steal.
With a hundred million dollars and II
crushing iron will,
They will find the "railroad autocrat"
the devils own to kill;
With n corps of Wall-street sharpcrs
standing ready at my beck,
And host Of eager scabs to work for
what will buy their peck;
. With Uncle Sam to back my acts for
mines the nations cause;
The Constitutions on my side, the big
bugs and the laws,
I'll bust their whole arrangement, and
will show them Jays tn hum,
When heading off such scallawags as
jolrs upon bum.
Mr.. EDITOR: Looking over LOS of
manuscripts the other day, the above
fragment attracted my attention; and
reading it over found the sentiments OF
the railroad autocrat' so utterly il
harmony with the language Of the hos
element wherever confronted with tht
modern demands Of labor, that | re
solved to send it. And here venture t,
assert that until, on a stable foundation
is placed full security for the realization
of the hacknied political phrase of Jeirer
son; Life, liberty and the pursuit o
L., "A,
pendence among mem checking inso
lence on the one hand and scryility OF
the other. The disturbing element il
society can never be lived down, until t.
live implies all claims for lifes enjoy
ment~food, clothing, shelter, all educa
tional advantages to the extent O
capacity; the whole attainable by adheI
ence to laws framed by the highes
known wisdom of the community ),
cialsm.
The entire subsection of the mdvidut
to law is but continuation of tn
regime of the early dynasties, when roy
ing nations in the booty-inspred inCul
sions gave license to riot and pillage, an
made anarchy legitimate. Starting frol
the lowest savagery and all through bal
men were guided and controlled b
evolution; their wisdom at all time
being in the scale of their knowledg,
Such is the rule of life. Launch con
mon body of individuals suddenly int
conditions of no relationship. and {
the first mingling, chaos would be sougl
to be allayed and the law evolved
change at once following up the init,
tive effort; custom all the while bringin
intervals of permanence The evolution
AIRY process has ever been in motion, thu
principle nhering in the constitution .
things.
The true philosophy of society is onl
to be found III the teaching of muder
socialism. To this conclusion all mu,
come at last. |. NJ